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SMOOTHING IRON. No. 337,267. Patented Mar. 2, 1886..

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UNTTED STATES GEORGE T. KEARNS AND JOHN H.

NOBLE, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO,

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SMOOTHlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.337,267, dated March 2, 1886.

Application filed April 13, 1885. Serial No. 162,025.

(No model.) Patented in Canada May 5, 1885, No. 21,211.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,GEoRGn T. KEARNS and J OHN H. NOBLE, citizens of Canada, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Smoothing-Iron, (for which we have obtained Letters Patent in Canada, No. 21,211, bearing date May 5, 1885,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in smoothing-irons, in which two sections of an iron are cast hollow from one section-pattern, each section being provided with four lugs cast on the sides of the samefor the purpose of screwing them together. At the front end of the smoothing-iron a boss is cast on, being for the purpose of receiving a pivot, which is screwed in the same for reversing purposes. The hollow chamber formed inside of the smoothing-iron is for the purpose of lightening and also heating the same by means of fuel.

Our invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figurel is a longitudinal side elevation of a smoothing-iron embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the smoothingiron, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the fuel-reservoir and vaportube. Figs. 4. and 5 are detail views of the end portions of the handle. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the iron 5 and Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken through the line 3 1 of Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The body of the smoothing-iron A is made up of two sections which are identical in shape, each section being provided on its sides with outwardlyprojecting lugs K K, which are provided with perforations k, through which bolts or screws pass for connecting the parts to each other. is provided with a projecting portion which extends outwardly from the front edges of each section, and a pivot is screwed in the end thereof, which is of reduced diameter, and is provided with a recess, 6, through which passes The front portion of each section a pivot-pin, e, for attaching the fastening-le- 5o ver thereto, said fastening-lever D being provided with an enlarged end, which lies within the recess which is formed in the end projecting portion, as shown. The rear portion of each section is provided with a semicircular outwardly-proj ectin g portion, E, within which the circular end of the depending member F of the handle is placed. The body portions of the iron are provided with perforations 0, for the purpose of ventilating the interior of the Iron.

By the construction as herein set forth, we are enabled to make each section of the iron from a single pattern, and by providing side extending lugs the parts can be securely attached to each other, so that they may be readily separated when it is desired to have access to the interior of the iron for the purpose of cleaning the same.

B refers to the handle, which carriesawooden handgrasping portion, and said handle is provided with depending members F F, which are enlarged at their lower ends, one of said members embracing the projecting portion E at the front end of the iron, while the end of the opposite member enters the opening, as shown, in the portion E at the rear end, so that the iron can be turned or reversed thereon, and when reversed the iron is held in position by the lever D, which lever is held in place by any suitable means, preferably by means of a stop, 0, which is formed integral with the member of the handle adjacent thereto, and a suitable spring, as shown at c. The depending member F of the handle at its end projects inwardly, so as to enter the rear opening of the iron, and said inwardly-projecting portion f is provided with perforations 0, which will admit air to the wick-tube of the heating device, so as to keep the same cool.

H refers to an oil-reservoir, which is provided at its lower end portion with a projecting portion, H, which is provided with perforations 0 and said projecting portion has formed thereon or attached thereto ribs h, which will enter and lie within the recesses t,

formed in the end socket of the member F of the handle, and will prevent the reservoir turning independent of the handle. The upper portion of the reservoir has attached thereto a springcatoh, Z, which will engage with the member F of the handle and hold the reservoir thereto. The wick-tubeJ extends from near the center of the iron to the reservoir, which it enters, and is then bent upwardly and terminates near the top of the reservoir,

and near the same is attached a vapor-tube, I,

which also extends upwardly within the reservoir, so that the same will be partially protected from the heat, and will better serve to carry off the gases from the oil-reservoir.

By making the iron as herein set forth,should one of the faces become worn it can be readily replaced.

Having thus described our invention, and what we claim as new is- The combination, with a reversible smooth ing'iron having a tubular projecting portion at its rear end, of a handle having an inwardly-projecting socket upon its rear depending member provided with perforations and recesses, an oil-reservoir carrying a wick and vapor-tubes, as shown, and having a projecting portion provided with perforations and lugs, which register with the perforations and recesses of the handle, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE T. KEARNS. JOHN H. NOBLE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED YOUNG, J. BLoIs SMITH. 

